Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in someone's vocabulary

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables: in- -some-one's vo-cab-u-lary
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

7

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

A concept that (someone) would normally consider.

phrase

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, vocabulary.

Example Sentences

"Sin is a word which occurs scantily in his vocabulary. Crime was what horrified him, an offence against God because it was an offence against man and especially against children."
"Failure, however, was not in his vocabulary."
"It was back-breaking work, but “unemployment” wasn't in my vocabulary, and as long as I could work, I would."
"Black would soon learn that the word "impossible" was not in Gillie's vocabulary"."
"Although John has equivalent terms in French and English for some items, he knows some words only in English, and other words only in French, with no equivalent English word in his vocabulary."

Questions

What does in someone's vocabulary mean?: A concept that (someone) would normally consider.

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